पञ्चाङ्ग — Chennai, Tamil Nadu · June 21, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.26 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।

अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
"5.26 Saints who know their Selves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find Eternal Bliss everywhere." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya66.03°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
चन्द्र Candra252.77°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.37°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha48.13°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati141.11°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra69.67°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani227.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

Chennai, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 53 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 06 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:24 – 17:01
Yamaganda08:57 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla12:10 – 13:47
Varjyam06:16 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:43 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:20 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:57 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:34 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:10 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:47 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:24 – 17:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:01 – 18:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:37 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:01 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:24 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:47 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:10 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:34 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:57 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:20 – 05:43 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.0827°
Longitude: 80.2707°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 6 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869095.27
Julian Day2457560.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0831°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.85°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0831°), declination 23.44°, EoT -1.45 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2016-06-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)